Man vs. Wild

Bear Grylls is in Baja, Mexico, where he tackles overwhelming odds to survive the challenges of the desert. The biggest threat to his survival comes from a bee sting that swells his eyes closed and leaves him half blind.

Bear Grylls tackles the deadly swamps of the Deep South. He dodges alligator attacks, tangles with venomous snakes and hooks a catfish with his bare hands. He also follows the trail of destruction caused by hurricane Katrina.

Bear Grylls survives the rugged West Coast of Ireland where he has to scale 2,000-foot-high sea cliffs. He gets stuck in a peat bog retrieving food and risks hypothermia when his shelter is compromised by a rainstorm.

Bear Grylls' latest adventure takes him to South Dakota, home to not one but three of America's most incredible wilderness areas: the Black Hills, the Great Plains, and the inhospitable Badlands.

Like the pioneers who came in search of gold, Bear fights his way across the frozen wastelands of North America's Yukon. He battles to stay afloat in treacherous white water and finds himself underground in an abandoned gold mine.

Bear Grylls enters the heart of Dracula country: the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania. The forests are teeming with ferocious predators, and before long he comes face to face with a large adult male brown bear.

Bear Grylls takes on the Anatolian plateau in Turkey. From the freezing mountain tops to the lifeless steppes, he battles white water rapids, takes on 100-foot climbs and confronts lethal wildlife.

Bear Grylls is in the jungles of Belize where he swings from the vines like Tarzan, comes face-to-face with a nine-foot boa constrictor and is left hanging by his fingertips over a raging white-water river.

Bear Grylls shows how to survive hurricane season in the Dominican Republic. From eating a tarantula for breakfast to heading into a mosquito-infested mangrove, he tackles the many challenges of this rugged terrain.

Deep in the Oregon wilderness, Bear takes on Hell's Canyon: the deepest river canyon in the world. Snowdrifts, burnt-out forests, 150-foot cliffs and the white water rapids of the Snake River stand between him and civilization.

How can you find water in the baking salt flats of Mexico, skin snakes in Panama; and battle Indonesian sharks? Bear reveals his secrets.

Bear Grylls tackles extreme survival challenges and navigates through remote locations.